Norris

We played through the last half hour of the match, stopping to cheer when England scored, then carrying on from where we left off It's bad form from the OP's pub though. They should have made a lot more effort in trying to contact you, let alone spotting the issue well in advance

I hate doing solos. Last night the singist decided to announce one by yelling "Norris - walk!". So I stopped playing and strutted around the dance floor for a bit

The other night a punter came up to complain about the lack of banter. Usually there is a LOT of it but on this occasion it was an "open" birthday party in a pub so we thought we'd better play a bit of music. We are blessed that our guitarist/singist has the charm and gift of the gab to entertain pretty much any audience. However it doesn't come naturally to most ordinary mortals. In that case you have to put on the persona and do the "act". Watching other frontmen is a good way to learn what and what not to do.

You jammy sod! Lovely looking bass

Ha. Thanks. The trouble is that running bores me senseless. I think I might have to do something to get fitter though. I'm not overweight but I don't think the walking a mile each way to work every day is really enough. Edit: It's better than nothing though

That's a rather nice piece of wood

Visualise yourself playing it as you listen along, maybe accompanied by a bit of fret hand twitching

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1458664917' post='3009637'] I find a 5k all out effort at ParkRun on the Saturday morning sets me up for the day. [/quote] Come to think of it I did spend about 3 hours splitting logs that morning - does that count? It's not the first time I've felt myself flagging though, even when I've not been that active beforehand

I've got a Rumble 500 combo - feather weight. The heavier stuff is the lighting - I really must get some new stands. I don't think the carrying is the issue though as we don't usually have far to carry it. I was wondering if anyone else had noticed similar fatigue, considering the BC demographic

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1458645633' post='3009305'] Just do it more often and you should be ok? [/quote] I've been gigging pretty much every weekend for the last 31 years. You're right though, it is a long night, especially for the Dog & Duck. I must admit that I thought "phew" when we asked what time we were finishing

The other night my trio were playing and we all noticed that all of us were flagging a bit in the last few songs. We were all tired and the performance suffered - not really enough for the audience to notice, but we did. I suppose a certain amount is down to age. I'm the youngster in the band at 50. The drummer is 63 and the guitarist/singist is 58. I assume that general fitness would help - I'm certainly not as fit as I could be. However it is not easy to find the time/motivation when you have a day job and family. I don't think the drummer is likely to hit the gym any time soon either. Plus it can be a long night when you've arrived at about 7:30 to set the gear up and are still playing at about 1am. Any tips, advice, experiences to share?

I do jig about a bit occasionally but it depends very much on whether I'm getting a good vibe from the audience or indeed if I have the energy to move my creaky old bones around. Being in a trio with a drummer and git/voc means I'm the only one that is able to move about much, so I do try to make an effort. I still look bloody miserable most of the time though - very rarely actually feel miserable though.

Welcome to the club of miserable looking bass players

Lilac Wine by Jeff Buckley

Good choice. I love mine

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1457987100' post='3003735'] I don't think there's such a thing as a standard replacement for contacts for an AA battery anyway. Are you thinking of PP3s? [/quote] Yes I was

Tone Tech Luthier Supplies seem to have a reasonable range of natural materials. There's bound to be some on ebay too

Blimey that's certainly not a standard replacement. It looks more like a part of the Millennium Falcon

Sounds like the contacts are corroded, which doesn't bode well for gigging reliability. If you can wield a soldering iron, replacement connectors can be had from Maplins (or similar) for a few beer tokens

There's something about the retro simplicity of Danelectros. Lovely looking bass

The 80s were a cesspit of shameful dress sense. Some cracking poodle-dos on there too! I always like it when there's one or two band members who are not quite as into the image as the others

Hendrix - Electric Ladyland. For me it works, but I could understand people not liking the extended underwater noises of 1983...(a merman I should turn to be). There again it contains the only bass solo I can bear to listen to

Sounds like dead batteries. The power should be disconnected when you remove the jack plug, however sometimes that doesn't work correctly. I'd take a look at the jack socket

Lighter fluid is very similar to white spirit but is less likely to leave a residue (higher hydrocarbon fractions?) Both are basic solvents when used for cleaning and should help remove stubborn gunk without too much detrimental effect

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